Violet Dunbar manuscript undated

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Violet Dunbar manuscript undated

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv60733

The collection includes the 119-page manuscript of Violet Dunbar's unpublished book, . The manuscript describes her own family's arrival in Montana, descriptions of her childhood in Red Lodge, Montana, farming, community activities, town life, attending a rural school, and a 1911 trip through Yellowstone National Park. Dunbar also describes her courtship and marriage to George Dunbar, her honeymoon in Yellowstone National Park, the birth of her son, and her move to Detroit, Michigan. Homesteaders in Montana

0.1 linear ft.

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University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6375066

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Lindley family

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Dunbar, Violet, 1904-2001

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Violet Dunbar was born on November 12, 1904 in Red Lodge, Montana. Her paternal grandparents, David and Caroline Lay, traveled in covered wagons from Missouri and settled on a homestead in the Gallatin Valley of Montana. They later moved to Red Lodge, where David Lay was the first licensed surveyor in Carbon County. Upon their divorce, Caroline Lay married Joe Simpkins and was a successful sheep and cattle rancher. Violet Dunbar's maternal grandparents, Dude and Agnes Linley, were e...

Dunbar, George, 1901-1982

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Linley family

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Lay family

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